The Majlis in the Making • Social regeneration and community development through craftsmanship, ethical entrepreneurship, education and music • Tradition and modernity in the recently urbanised landscape of Qatar; the dichotomy of a nomadic culture rooted in static urban environments • Interview with Abdel Wahed El Wakil discussing the role of tradition, beauty, and architecture in the modernised world
A new structure within the context of the Venice Biennale's theme 'How will we live together?', The Majlis brings together an international array of individuals, cultural influences and artisanal skills
Thierry Morel is an art historian and curator who
graduated from the universities of Paris and Oxford in law and
history of art. He was a post-doctoral research associate at the
University of Cambridge and for Venice in Peril co-authored The
Venice Report: Demography, Tourism, Financing and Change of Use of
Buildings. Thierry wrote and produced Private View, a documentary
series on leading international art collectors for Time Warner. He
curated the award-winning Houghton Revisited exhibition at Houghton
Hall as well as Francis Bacon and the Art of the Past at the State
Hermitage Museum on the occasion of the Museum's 250th Anniversary
and subsequently at the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich. His book on
pre-Revolution architecture and art collecting in St Petersburg was
just published by Rizzoli (New York). Morel is currently Director
and Curator-at-Large to the Hermitage Museum Foundation (USA), as
well as Trustee of the Sir John Soane's Museum (London).
Simón Vélez has more than 50 years' experience working with
natural materials and is widely regarded for his innovative use of
bamboo. To date, he has designed and built over 200 buildings in
Germany, France, USA, Brazil, Mexico, China, Jamaica, Colombia,
Panama, Ecuador, and India. He has been awarded The Principal
Prince Claus Award (2009) and the Award of Honour in Analysis and
Planning by the American Society of Landscape Architects for
'Crosswaters Ecolodge' (2006).
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan read Environmental Studies at the
University of Manitoba, Landscape Architecture at Harvard
University and completed his PhD in Historical Geography at
University College, London. Todd has advised on many public and
private historic landscapes, including the National Trust and
English Heritage, The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, and
Kensington Palace Gardens. He recently designed a garden for the
Morgan Library, New York City, is working with David Kohn
Architects on a new campus for New College, Oxford, and in January
2020 he won an international competition with Eric Parry Architects
to redesign the British Ambassador's residence and grounds in
Beijing.
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